The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-02-05
PICTURES OF TWO.
Those Of the Emancipation and the
Expounder.
How Lincoln Was Photographed without
Knowing 1t, and How Webster Held
Chalk Line for IL Church Decoration.

Mr.. Stanley D'Orsay, an architect of
half q century's experience, who has his
rooms in the Bible House, on Fourth
avenue, has u photograph of Abraham
Lincoln that has of late excited great
interest in literary circles by reason of
its faithful reproduction of the original,
as well as because of its peculiar his
tory. 1t is pronounced by good judges
as really the only one they have ever
seen that gives a true idea of the i'm
mortal President. And yet it bears no
trace of the perfecting processes of the
photographers art 1t is wrinkled
and is also cracked in couple of spots,
but there stands out in it a cOuntenance
of deep solemnity and dignity the gaze
of the beholder. 1t was taken as Lin
coin came fresh from the people with a
full sense of the great and peculiar re-
sponsibilities of his position resting
upon him and mingling with calm de-
termination in every feature. The
breeze has caught his hair and disar-
ranged it over the left ear, and has
flung a heavy forelock over the center
of the forehead, but the grand proper
tons of the latter are revealed on the
right side. One of the eyes has been
marred by rough usage, but the right
one gazes from its depths in solemn,
earnest, far away look. The nose is
large, but of perfect shape. There is
the familiar droop of the lower lip, but
it conveys no idea of Disagreement as
is obtained from other pictures of him,
The chin is firm, yet one feels that its
pOssessor would mingle gentleness with
determination. The collar turns down
over necktie almost hidden by coat
closely buttoned
The photograph was taken under
y very peculiar circumstances and came
into Mr.. D'Orsay's possession in al
odd way. In 1861, when Lincoln passeC
through the city on his way to Wash
ington to be inaugurated, Mr.. D'Orsa,
had rooms at 561-563 Broadway, whicl
was then occupied in its lower story b,
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Bank. On the floor above him was MAJ
named Saunders, who had many oddi
ties of character, and occupied himsel
in desultoly way in taking photo
graphic views of buildings, using 70
that purpose a very large camera. Be
tween three and four o'clock Lincoll
came down Broadway on his way to tn
PENNSYLVANIA train. In the barouch
with him were three gentlemen, VIII
were seated. Just as he reached u
Merchants and Manufacturers Ban
building the crowd which filled Broad
way from building to building as far a
the eye could reach had become S
dense that the horses were brought to
full stop. Lincoln rose and standing i
the barouche bowed to the multitud,
The pause was for about one minute
but that precious moment was caugl
bv SprSders, for the horses had n
500 Der stopped than the huge Gamer
peered from the window above and til
face of the President was caught by I'll
sensitive plate. Saunders brought IL
photograph down stairs and aske
D'Orsay's opinion of it, which was e,
pressed in very high terms, but Saul
ders never alluded to the photograI
again. After Saunders had remove
from the building D'Orsay was run
maging over pile of rubbish one da
and out of the dirt and papers he RAKE
this photograph, and has preserved
with jealous care ever since. Within
few days circle of literary men heal
of it being in his possession, and he h
been obliged to tell the story OF his fin
ing and exhibiting it to large numb
of persons.